Effects of foliar liquid biofertilizer (BOLAME) on maize yield in Faranah (Republic of Guinea)

Agriculture

The cost of spreading solid fertilizers is a limiting factor for farmers due to the lack of manpower and ignorance of spreading techniques. Liquid fertilizers take precedence over solid fertilizers because of their low cost of spreading and their rapid assimilation by plants. Reducing the cost of spreading by using foliar BOLAME is a sustainable alternative. This work has the general objective of preparing foliar BOLAME and testing its effectiveness in maize cultivation. The Obatampa maize variety was used. The material used for the preparation of foliar BOLAME includes: cow dung, sugar cane molasses, cow's milk and water. The fertilizers tested during the test are: BOLAME (23.2 l/ha), Megagreen (2.5 kg/ha), Codafol (4 l/ha) and Control (0 l/ha). The data collected was subjected to analysis of variance with XLSTAT 21 software for the phenophases and SPSS 22 for the biometric evaluations. Hypothesis tests were done using Duncan at 1 and 5%. The Megagreen and the BOLAME gave high yields without statistical distinction 2.66 and 2.71 t/ha and the low yield was provided by the control 1.48 t/ha.

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